Y’know, that title would have been more comical if lisinopril had been a diuretic rather than an ACE inhibitor. It was close, since both are used to treat similar conditions (hypertension, for example), but alas, not quite. Hey ho. The real reason it’s taking the piss follows.

There appears to be some news that ACE inhibitors might help us humans with MS, since they have managed to get mice with a similar (but importantly, not exactly the same) condition to radically improve when given lisinopril. So that’s good, right?

Well, it would be, except I have low blood pressure, a low heart rate (both from being somewhat fit all my life) and I am hypoglycaemic. Taking an ACE inhibitor ain’t going to do too much for me. I already have enough balance problems as it is with those conditions, not to mention the MS kicking my balance in the nuts, but ACE inhibitors are only going to make things much, much worse.

Still, I could always just eat lots of bacon to make up for it. I like the idea. The wife, not so much.